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Israel-Hezbollah border clashes: Latest developments

Hezbollah said Tuesday it has targeted overnight groups of soldiers in Dovev and Avivim in northern Israel.

The group said the attacks were in response to Israeli attacks on civilians in south Lebanon.

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Libya demands improvements after leaked photos of Gadhafi's cell

Leaked photographs of the son of Libya's late dictator Moammar Gadhafi and the tiny underground cell where he has been held for years in Lebanon have raised concerns in the north African nation as Libyan authorities demand improvements.

The photos showed a room without natural light packed with Hannibal Gadhafi's belongings, a bed and a tiny toilet. "I live in misery," local Al-Jadeed TV quoted the detainee as saying in a Saturday evening broadcast, adding that he is a political prisoner in a case he has no information about.

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EU's von der Leyen and Cypriot president to visit Lebanon together

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will visit Beirut on May 2 together with President of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides, the EU Delegation to Lebanon said on Monday.

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Bassil reportedly refers Alain Aoun to FPM’s 'arbitration council'

Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil has informed MP Alain Aoun of the FPM that he has been referred to the Movement’s so-called arbitration council, days after Deputy Speaker Elias Bou Saab was reportedly expelled from the FPM, a media report said.

The developments prompted MP Ibrahim Kanaan to send a letter to Bassil urging him to “reverse these decisions that threaten the FPM’s unity and image, especially amid these circumstances,” the Nidaa al-Watan newspaper reported on Monday.

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Berri: Lebanon yet to receive French paper, Hochstein hasn't requested meeting

The Lebanese side is yet to receive a French paper proposing a solution for the Israel-Hezbollah conflict, knowing that it was supposed to receive it two days prior to French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné’s weekend visit to Lebanon, Speaker Nabih Berri said overnight.

“When I asked Séjourné why the French paper had not been sent, he said that we would receive it within hours and we agreed that we would study it once it arrives,” Berri told al-Jadeed TV.

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Jamaa Islamiya armed parade and gunfire draw condemnations

Gunmen in north Lebanon paraded with light- and medium-caliber arms and fired heavily in the air during the funeral of two Jamaa Islamiya militants killed in an Israeli drone strike, drawing condemnations from some Lebanese political forces.

The two militants, Mohammad Saeed Khalaf and Bilal Mohammad Khalaf, were targeted by the Israeli strike in the West Bekaa town of Maydoun on Friday.

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Hamas claims rocket barrage from Lebanon into north Israel

Hamas' armed wing the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades fired Monday a barrage of rockets from south Lebanon toward a command center in northern Israel.

Hezbollah has exchanged near-daily strikes with Israeli forces in the border region — and sometimes beyond — for almost seven months against the backdrop of Israel’s war on Gaza. Hamas has also claimed cross-border attacks.

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Top French diplomat in Lebanon seeks Israel-Hezbollah de-escalation

French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné visited Lebanon as part of diplomatic attempts to broker a de-escalation in the conflict on the Lebanon-Israel border.

Séjourné met on Sunday with United Nations peacekeeping forces in south Lebanon and with Lebanon's parliament speaker, army chief, foreign minister and caretaker prime minister.

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Hezbollah fires dozens of rockets at Israel's Meron in response to attacks

Hezbollah said it fired overnight dozens of Katyusha rockets at Israel's Meron settlement and nearby areas in response to attacks on Lebanese towns and civilian homes, especially in Qawzah, Markaba and Srebbine.

On Saturday, Hezbollah said it targeted northern Israel with drones and guided missiles after cross-border Israeli strikes killed three people, including two of its members.

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Reports: Hochstein presents new proposal to Israeli officials

U.S. mediator Amos Hochstein arrived in Israel on Friday and might visit Beirut to discuss the possibility of “containing the situations on the border with Lebanon, which has recently witnessed a major escalation,” informed sources told al-Akhbar newspaper in remarks published Saturday.

According to media reports, Hochstein submitted a new proposal for ending the Israel-Hezbollah escalation during a meeting with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.

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